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Victor Lucas is joined by Audi Sorlie, Seth Fulkerson and Jeremy Campbell from Lmited Run Games to discuss the making of the Marvel Maximum Collection, which brings Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage, Spider-Man and Venom: Separation Anxiety, Silver Surfer, Captain America and The Avengers and The X-Men Arcade game all into one beautiful side scrolling package!

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Victor Lucas welcomes Nicola “Nick” Rosa, a technology leader from Accenture to the Basement for a big discussion about Generative AI in videogames, spurred on by this week’s divisive announcement of DLSS 5. AI is inescapable and has been a part of videogame development for decades but we’re entering into new and troubling territory. Vic and Nick discuss.

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Welcome to the 2026 Rocket & Raygun Awards featuring the best in videogames from 2025! It was an incredible year and there are so many fun categories to talk about including: Best Indie Game, Best 2D Game, Best Buried Treasure, Best Action Game, Game of The Year and so much more.

We’ll also hear from members of the EPN Community and from friends across the videogame industry:

Game Informer
Marvel Games
Level 857
A Gaming Network
DLC Podcast
Naomi Kyle
Marissa Roberto
Jose Sanchez
Level 857
MobileSyrup
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Carpool Gaming
Kinda Funny Games
FunFactor
Spawn On Me
Console Creatures
And more!

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In this special episode of Vic’s Basement, Victor Lucas conducts an Ask Me Anything with The Electric Playground community.

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On the eve of the launch of Nintendo Switch 2, Victor Lucas is joined by friends from across the game industry to say “Sayonara to the Switch.”

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And huge thanks to all of EP’s supporters, subscribers and channel members.

Nintendo Switch, ya crushed it.

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Victor Lucas sits down with the studio head of Meta’s Camouflaj studio, Ryan Payton, to discuss the making of the incredible Batman: Arkham Shadow and so much more.

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Victor Lucas is joined by Lee Skwarek from PNP Games to discuss great gift ideas + some massive savings on videogames for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox and PC!

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TIME CODES:

PLAYSTATION (plus some multi-platform games)
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INTRO and ASTRO BOT – 00:00
METAPHOR REFANTAZIO – 08:11
FINAL FANTASY VII: REBIRTH – 12:58
SILENT HILL 2 – 15:56
BLACK MYTH WUKONG – 18:26
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS – 21:53
STELLAR BLADE – 26:24
HORIZON ZERO DAWN REMASTED – 29:22
TEKKN 8 – 32:51
MLB 24: THE SHOW – 35:01

INDIE GAMES – ALL MULTI-PLATFORM
FEAR THE SPOTLIGHT – 37:59
ROGUE FLIGHT – 40:32
LORELEI AND THE LASER EYES – 42:26

NINTENDO SWITCH (plus some multi-platform games)
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PAPER MARIO: THE THOUSAND YEAR DOOR – 45:17
MARIO & LUIGI: BROTHERSHIP – 48:08
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: ECHOES – 51:36
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE LOST CROWN – 54:22
DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D REMAKE – 57:51
SUPER MARIO PARTY JAMBOREE – 1:00:27
SUPER MONKEY BALL: BANANA RUMBLE – 1:02:37
PRINCESS PEACH: SHOWTIME! – 1:04:55
MARVEL VS CAPCOM FIGHTING COLLECTION: ARCADE CLASSICS – 1:08:15
EA SPORTS FC 25 – 1:12:27

INDIE GAMES – ALL MULTI-PLATFORM
ANIMAL WELL – 1:16:11
NEVA – 1:19:11
BZZZT – 1:23:51

XBOX SERIES X/S GAMES (plus some multi-platform games)
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STALKER II: HEART OF CHORNOBYL – 1:26:04
LIKE A DRAGON: INFINITE WEALTH – 1:33:23
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 6 – 1:38:21
STAR WARS OUTLAWS – 1:42:08
KUNITSU-GAMI: PATH OF THE GODDESS – 1:45:45
DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD – 1:48:20
WARHAMMER 40K: SPACE MARINE II – 1:52:02
DEAD RISING DELUXE REMASTER – 1:54:37
UNICORN OVERLORD – 1:57:37
NHL 25 – 1:59:32

INDIE GAMES – ALL MULTI-PLATFORM
IRON MEAT – 2:04:45
TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU – 2:05:48
THE PLUCKY SQUIRE – 2:07:01

PC GAMES (plus some multi-platform games)
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HORIZON ZERO DAWN REMASTERED & HORIZON: FORBIDDEN WEST – 2:10:38
GOD OF WAR: RAGNAROK – 2:13:18
GHOST OF TSUSHIMA: DIRECTOR’S CUT – 2:14:33
HELLDIVERS 2 – 2:19:25
RED DEAD REDEMPTION FEATURING UNDEAD NIGHTMARE – 2:22:10
DRAGON’S DOGMA II – 2:24:12
TETRIS FOREVER – 2:26:01
HOMEWORLD 3 – 2:28:14
FIGHTING: DRAGON BALL: SPARKING! ZERO – 2:30:58
SPORTS: NBA 2K25 – 2:33:30

INDIE GAMES – ALL MULTI-PLATFORM
Thank Goodness You’re Here – 2:36:55
UFO 50 – 2:38:28
Balatro – 2:39:22

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Victor Lucas reviews Inside Out 2 and speaks with ‪Pixar’s John Hoffman and Rebecca McVeigh about making the new Disney movie.

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Victor Lucas is joined by Brittney Brombacher, Jake Baldino and Kevin Kenson to discuss the hits and misses of Summer Game Fest. Ubisoft Forward and the Xbox Showcase!

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